INNOVATION

In 1923, Gropius set out his modernist vision in the essay The Idea and Construction, which became highly influential for the movement.

INNOVATION

In 1923, Gropius set out his modernist vision in the essay The Idea and Construction, which became highly influential for the movement.

Approach

He championed standardized design and advocated large-scale construction of functional apartment blocks for industrial workers.

FORMATION

By 1928, Siemens had commissioned him to design worker housing on Berlin’s outskirts

COMPETITION

While Gropius developed his ideas at the Bauhaus, Mies van der Roh emerged and soon became a central figure of modernism.

SUCCESS

He later became vice president of the German Werkbund and headed the Bauhaus between 1930 and 1932.

SUCCESS

He later became vice president of the German Werkbund and headed the Bauhaus between 1930 and 1932.

LEGACY

Influenced by the Dutch De Stijl group, he experimented with clusters of concrete summer houses and envisioned an early glass skyscraper